Chapter 33

Luria, the Sword, and the Spirits

Three Days After Koruko Became an Ally

Three days had passed since Koruko joined our group.

I was in the courtyard, swinging a wooden sword while being watched over by Carro, Koruko, and the birds.

My brother and the swordsmanship teacher were both absent today.

Living in the countryside requires physical strength.
At the very least, I need to be able to take down a magical beast with my bare hands.
Thatโ€™s why, even on days without lessons from my brother, I practice swinging the sword every day.

โ€œFuhn-nu! Fuhn-fuhn!โ€
โ€œWoof! Woof-woof!โ€

As usual, Da-u was swinging a branch clenched in his mouth, mimicking me.

โ€˜Kyaa!โ€™ โ€˜Over here, over here!โ€™ โ€˜Kya-kya!โ€™

The spirits were swirling around my wooden sword.

Ever since I first spoke with Kuro and the spirits, they had stopped pretending they couldnโ€™t talk.

Now, they always buzzed around happily, chirping and laughing.
Seeing the joyous spirits made me happy too.

โ€œThatโ€™s dangerous!โ€
โ€œWoof-oooh!โ€

โ€˜Ehh?โ€™ โ€˜Itโ€™s fine, really!โ€™ โ€˜Kya-kya!โ€™

I understood that spirits, who lack physical bodies, wouldnโ€™t feel pain even if struck by a wooden sword.
But hitting a spirit with one still tugged at my conscience.

Besides, a spirit had flown off earlier with a loud โ€˜Fyah!โ€™ after being hit.
Although it came back saying, โ€˜Again! Again!โ€™ it left me feeling uneasy.

โ€œThis isnโ€™t a game!โ€
โ€œWaaaooh!โ€

โ€˜Hit us~!โ€™ โ€˜Luria-sama, hit us~!โ€™ โ€˜Kya-kya!โ€™

โ€œHmmph.โ€

Even when I said it wasnโ€™t a game, the spirits didnโ€™t listen.
They deliberately approached the sword, trying to get hit.
It was a challenge to avoid hitting them with the wooden sword.

โ€œKuro, I know youโ€™re there! Tell them to stop!โ€

โ€˜โ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆItโ€™s best not to talk to me or the spirits. You never know who might be watching.โ€™

โ€˜Kurooo!โ€™ โ€˜Letโ€™s play, letโ€™s play!โ€™ โ€˜Kya-kya!โ€™

Kuro popped out from the ground as though sprouting from the earth.
Despite his serious tone, his face and tail betrayed his delight.

โ€œItโ€™s dangerous!โ€

โ€˜Hmmโ€ฆ But itโ€™s really fine.โ€™

โ€˜Itโ€™s fine~!โ€™ โ€˜Hit us, hit us~!โ€™ โ€˜Kya-kya!โ€™

The spirits were having a blast.

โ€œWhat if something goes wrong?โ€

โ€˜Hmmโ€ฆ In that case, why not try lightly tapping me with the sword?โ€™

โ€œAlright.โ€

I tapped Kuro with the wooden sword. The swing went right through him without resistance.

โ€˜See? Itโ€™s fine.โ€™

โ€œI know that. But earlier, it bounced off when it hit.โ€

โ€˜Thatโ€™s becauseโ€ฆ you unconsciously covered the wooden sword with magic power, Luria-sama.โ€™

โ€œWhat?! I didnโ€™t do that!โ€

โ€˜You did it unconsciously, Luria-sama.โ€™

โ€œT-that makes it even more dangerous!โ€

If I struck a spirit with a magic-imbued wooden sword, they might feel pain.

Thatโ€™s what I thought, butโ€”

โ€˜Itโ€™s fine. Itโ€™s just like spirit tossing.โ€™

โ€˜Itโ€™s the same!โ€™ โ€˜Do it, do it!โ€™ โ€˜Kya-kya!โ€™

โ€œHuh?โ€

โ€˜To hurt a spirit, youโ€™d need cursed energy, not magic power.โ€™

โ€œCursed energyโ€ฆ?โ€

โ€˜Explaining that would take a while, so letโ€™s save it for later.โ€™

โ€œOkay. But are you really sure it doesnโ€™t hurt?โ€

โ€˜It doesnโ€™t. If magic power alone could harm us, magical beasts and sorcerers would be able to hurt spirits.โ€™

โ€œโ€ฆThatโ€™s true.โ€

It finally made sense.

Human sorcerers and magical beasts couldnโ€™t harm spirits.

Wait, then how did the One God Church from my past life capture and harm spirits?

Oh, was that cursed energy?

I felt like Iโ€™d uncovered a small part of the secret from my past life.
I decided to ask Kuro about it later.

In any case, discussing matters of my past life here in the courtyard was impossible.
You never know who might be watching.

Well, to be precise, I knew some maids were watching me now.
It made sense since I was a child swinging a wooden swordโ€”it was their job to supervise.

While I pondered, Kuro kept talking.

โ€˜So, please let them play with the magic-covered wooden sword. Itโ€™s educational.โ€™

โ€œWhat? Really?โ€

Surprised, I blurted out loudly.

I understood that hitting the spirits with a magic-imbued sword wouldnโ€™t hurt them.
But I couldnโ€™t believe it was educational.

What if the adorable spirits grew into troublemakers?

โ€˜Remember how I said itโ€™s like spirit tossing?โ€™

โ€œI heard that.โ€

โ€˜Itโ€™s the same. Spirits donโ€™t usually experience physical stimuli. So by playing with a magic-covered wooden swordโ€”โ€™

Kuroโ€™s explanation was long.
But thanks to it, I finally understood.

Apparently, it improves their understanding of the physical world, boosts intelligence, strengthens magic power, and makes them kinder.

โ€œIs thatโ€ฆ really true?โ€

โ€˜The spirits near you have grown up healthy thanks to spirit tossing, Luria-sama.โ€™

โ€œI know that.โ€

I had already heard from Loa that spirit tossing was good for their education.

โ€œAlright, Iโ€™ll go for it, then.โ€
โ€œWoof!โ€

โ€˜Yay! Wheee!โ€™
โ€˜Whee-whee!โ€™
โ€˜Whee!โ€™

Whatโ€™s with all the โ€œwheeโ€s?
Anyway, the spirits were excited, cheering happily.

โ€œHere I go! Fuhn-nu! Fuhn-nu! Fuhn-nu! Chaaaaa!โ€
โ€œWoof! Aoooh! Aoooh! Waooooooh!โ€

I swung the wooden sword alongside Da-u.

โ€˜Kya-kya!โ€™

The spirits, who had been deliberately getting hit earlier, now started dodging joyfully.

โ€œWhy are you dodging?! Fuhn-fuhn-nu!โ€
โ€œWoof-woof!โ€

โ€˜Over here, over here!โ€™
โ€˜Luria-samaaaa!โ€™
โ€˜Kya-kya!โ€™

โ€˜Itโ€™s like a game of playing monster!โ€™

โ€œMonster? Playing? Fuhn-nu! Fuhn!โ€
โ€œWoof! Woof!โ€

โ€˜You know, like when children pretend to be monsters and villagers. The monster chases the villagers, and if the monster touches a villager, they switch roles.โ€™

โ€œThereโ€™s a game like that? Fuhn-fuhn!โ€
โ€œWoof-woof!โ€

โ€˜Human children play it all the time.โ€™

โ€œIs that so?! Fuhn-nu! Fuhn-nu!โ€
โ€œWaooo! Waooo!โ€

So, the spirits had gone from trying to touch the sword to playing a game of dodging it.
I understood the rules now.

All that was left was to play to my heartโ€™s content.

โ€œTake this! Tyaaaaa!โ€
โ€œWoofooooooh!โ€

โ€˜Fast, fast!โ€™
โ€˜Woohoo!โ€™
โ€˜Kya-kya!โ€™

I swung the wooden sword with all my might, trying to catch the spirits.
Maybe because I focused harder than usual, I ended up three times as tired as normalโ€”but it was a lot of fun.

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Ten minutes after Luria began playing the monster game with the wooden sword.

โ€œEh?โ€

The swordsmanship instructor looked at Luria in the courtyard.

By chance, the instructor had some personal matters to attend to and had visited the mansion today.

โ€œFunnu! Funnfunnu! Fun!โ€
โ€œWoof! Woof woof! Woof!โ€

โ€œWhatโ€™s thisโ€ฆ?โ€

Upon seeing Luriaโ€™s movements, the swordsmanship instructor couldnโ€™t help but let out a sound.

โ€œIs something the matter?โ€

The maid, who was guiding the instructor, asked, and the instructor groaned as he replied.
โ€œThe young lady might be a swordsmanship genius.โ€

โ€œIs that so?โ€

The maid looked at Luria in the courtyard, but to her, it just seemed like she was playing as usual.
She was still making cute โ€œfunnfunโ€ sounds, but her movements didnโ€™t look like those of a genius.

โ€œItโ€™s as ifโ€ฆ thereโ€™s something invisible and fast moving that sheโ€™s trying to strike downโ€ฆโ€
โ€œI see?โ€

โ€œYes, itโ€™s like sheโ€™s trying to cut down an invisible swallow with her swordโ€ฆโ€
โ€œI see.โ€

Unlike the maid, who was inexperienced with swords, she couldnโ€™t understand.
She thought sheโ€™d tell the lady of the house later that the instructor had praised young Luriaโ€™s swordsmanship.

โ€œShe has much more talent than I do.โ€
โ€œYouโ€™re just joking again.โ€

The maid, though inexperienced with swords, knew that the instructor was the countryโ€™s best swordsman, referred to as a genius.
Thatโ€™s why he had been chosen as the swordsmanship teacher for the second princeโ€™s heir, Gilberto.

โ€œItโ€™s not a joke. She really is a genius.โ€
โ€œThank you. Iโ€™m sure both the master and lady of the house will be pleased to hear that.โ€

It was probably just flattery.
Thinking this, the maid thanked the instructor.

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The Reincarnated Young Girl Is Adored by the Spirits She Helped in Her Previous Life

The Reincarnated Young Girl Is Adored by the Spirits She Helped in Her Previous Life

่ปข็”Ÿๅนผๅฅณใฏๅ‰ไธ–ใงๅŠฉใ‘ใŸ็ฒพ้œŠใŸใกใซๆ‡ใ‹ใ‚Œใ‚‹
Score 9.9
Status: Ongoing Type: Author: Released: 2024 Native Language: Japanese
Luria, born as the second daughter of a Grand Duke, retains memories of her past life. In that previous life, Luria was a princess and a saint loved by spirits. However, her parents were assassinated, and she was tormented and eventually killed by her uncles, who usurped the throne. To make matters worse, her past self is somehow feared as a calamitous villainess who nearly brought humanity to ruin. โ€œWaaah! (If my past is discovered, Iโ€™ll be killed!)โ€ Determined to keep her past hidden, Luria decides to live quietly and avoid drawing attention. โ€œHmmph! (Iโ€™ll live peacefully in the countryside with fluffy companions!)โ€ Her past life was one of relentless suffering at the hands of humans. Yet, spirits and animals had shown her nothing but kindness. Now, spirits and their fluffy guardian beasts begin to gather around Luria. Having been reincarnated by the Spirit King as thanks for aiding spirits in her past life, Luria has unknowingly become a being that is both human and spirit. This is the story of a half-spirit, half-human, completely flawless true saintly young girl striving to live quietly while enjoying a peaceful life surrounded by fluffy companions.

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